Cassoulet with Chicken or Duck

Cassoulet with Chicken or Duck might be a good recipe to expand your main course recipe box. Watching your figure? This dairy free recipe has 651 calories, 51g of protein, and 22g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 8 and costs $2.36 per serving. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. If you have olive oil, onion, chicken sausage, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. 1 person were glad they tried this recipe. It is brought to you by Foodista. Taking all factors into account, this recipe earns a spoonacular score of 56%, which is good. Users who liked this recipe also liked Duck and Sausage Cassoulet, Cassoulet with Duck Confit, and Duck and Sausage Cassoulet.

  • Serves: 8
  • Time: 45 Mins
  • Category: lunch, main course, main dish, dinner
  • Health Rating: 38.0

Ingredients


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Instructions

Soak and cook beans

Step 1: Cover beans with cold water by 2 inches in a large bowl and soak 8 to 12 hours.

Ingredients:

  • beans
  • water

Equipment:

  • bowl

Step 2: Drain in a colander.

Equipment:

  • colander

Step 3: Transfer beans to a 6- to 8-quart pot and bring to a boil with 8 cups cold water, broth, tomato paste, onion, and 2 tablespoons garlic. Put celery, thyme, bay leaf, cloves, parsley sprigs, and peppercorns in cheesecloth and tie into a bundle with string to make a bouquet garni.

Ingredients:

  • bouquet garni
  • tomato paste
  • peppercorns
  • bay leaves
  • parsley
  • celery
  • clove
  • garlic
  • beans
  • broth
  • onion
  • thyme
  • water

Equipment:

  • cheesecloth
  • pot

Step 4: Add bouquet garni to beans, then reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, until beans are almost tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Stir in tomatoes with juice and simmer until beans are just tender, about 15 minutes more.

Ingredients:

  • tomatoes in juice
  • bouquet garni
  • beans

Prepare chicken or duck and sausage while beans simmer

Step 1: In a large skillet, cooked chicken or duck legs, skin side down, until deeply browned. Turn and brown the other side then transfer to a plate.

Ingredients:

  • cooked chicken
  • duck leg

Equipment:

  • frying pan

Step 2: Add the sausage to the pan and brown on both sides as well.

Ingredients:

  • sausage

Equipment:

  • frying pan

Step 3: Remove from pan, slice and set aside with the chicken or duck. Reserve skillet oil for toasting bread crumbs later.

Ingredients:

  • breadcrumbs
  • chicken
  • duck
  • cooking oil

Equipment:

  • frying pan

Step 4: Preheat oven to 350F.

Equipment:

  • oven

Make bread crumb topping

Step 1: Add remaining tablespoon garlic to fat in skillet and cook over moderate heat, stirring, 1 minute. Stir in bread crumbs and cook, stirring, until pale golden, about 2 minutes.

Ingredients:

  • breadcrumbs
  • garlic

Equipment:

  • frying pan

Step 2: Remove from heat and stir in chopped parsley, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, and cracklings.

Ingredients:

  • parsley
  • pepper
  • salt

Assemble casserole

Step 1: Remove bouquet garni from beans and discard, then stir in sausage, chicken/duck meat, remaining teaspoon salt, and remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper.

Ingredients:

  • bouquet garni
  • chicken
  • sausage
  • pepper
  • beans
  • duck
  • meat
  • salt

Step 2: Ladle cassoulet into casserole dish, distributing meat and beans evenly. (Meat and beans should be level with liquid; if they are submerged, ladle excess liquid back into pot and boil until reduced, then pour back into casserole dish.)

Ingredients:

  • beans
  • meat

Equipment:

  • casserole dish
  • ladle
  • pot

Step 3: Spread bread crumb topping evenly over cassoulet and bake, uncovered, in lower third of oven, until bubbling and crust is golden, about 1 hour.

Ingredients:

  • spread
  • bread
  • crust

Equipment:

  • oven


Dietary Information

  • Dairy-Free

Nutrition Facts

NutrientAmount% Daily Needs
Calories650.81 kcal32.54%
Fat21.84 g33.6%
Saturated Fat5.04 g31.49%
Carbohydrates64.41 g21.47%
Net Carbohydrates52.69 g19.16%
Sugar7.7 g8.56%
Cholesterol138.35 mg46.12%
Sodium1637.3 mg71.19%
Alcohol0.0 g100.0%
Alcohol %0.0 %100.0%
Protein50.69 g101.39%
Manganese1.51 mg75.48%
Folate265.73 µg66.43%
Iron10.53 mg58.51%
Selenium33.91 µg48.45%
Fiber11.72 g46.88%
Vitamin B38.24 mg41.21%
Copper0.79 mg39.28%
Potassium1339.77 mg38.28%
Vitamin B10.57 mg37.87%
Magnesium139.28 mg34.82%
Phosphorus253.62 mg25.36%
Calcium236.21 mg23.62%
Zinc2.73 mg18.2%
Vitamin B60.35 mg17.48%
Vitamin K16.15 µg15.38%
Vitamin B20.25 mg14.56%
Vitamin C11.2 mg13.57%
Vitamin A396.2 IU7.92%
Vitamin B50.78 mg7.77%
Vitamin E1.12 mg7.49%
Vitamin B120.14 µg2.27%